Showers, Storms Likely On Thanksgiving Day

Snow levels will remain low through the West, with accumulating snow expected in more populated areas than compared to the last few winter storms.

Cold and dry weather is forecast for Thanksgiving Day.

Carbon County Emergency Management Coordinator John Zeiger sent an email to the Saratoga Sun from the National Weather Service (NWS) in Cheyenne stating confidence is increasing the southeast region of Wyoming will see snow accumulations as early as Wednesday evening continuing through Thanksgiving Day. The forecasts says zero-visibility “whiteouts” are possible above 3,000 feet, with snow possible as low as 2,000 feet overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday.

Temperatures will likely drop into the upper 30s at the San Francisco worldwide Airport late this week and a new daily record low may be set on Friday morning (current record is 37 degrees). But Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson told NBC’s “Meet the Press” that Americans should keep to their holiday plans. It should be partly to mostly sunny but very cold Thursday. Highs will only be in the 20s and lows will range in the teens and single digits through the end of the week and into the weekend. Temperatures in the 40s and 50s will be too warm for snow.

Jerseyans traveling to Chicago and other parts of the Midwest on Wednesday may encounter rain, but not snow, Kines said.

Snowfall isn’t expected to exceed two inches, but slick spots on the roads could make traveling on I-70 and other major roadways hard Friday in western Kansas and eastern Colorado.